Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-04
Our Nations Defenders.

The alarmlsts, who are painting such
doleful pictures of the defenseless state
of this country, probably have not the
slightest idea of our actual military re-
sources, particularly of the army which
we could place in the field The militia of
the several states aggregate 81. 739 men, and
there are 6,915,995 men enrolled, who could
be drawn upon for military service. The
lake States have the following numbers of
available men: Illinois, 1899 organized
men and 100000 unorganized Indiana,
3ll2 organized and 4G3, 1874 unorganiZed ::
Michigan, 1885 organized and 100000 I'M
organized Ohio, 5S43 olganiZed and no.
600 unorganiZed. and Wisconsin, 25g3 or
gained and $4,000 unorganized. Con
necticut has 1922 uniformed militia and
IS, $50 available men Delaware 302 of the
one and 2l.000 of the other Maine, 1925
of the one and SO, 49, of the other Mary
land, 1923 of the one and $4,000 of the
other New Hampshire, 1888 of the one
and %, SOL of the other New Jersey 3535
of the one and 223, 9l4 of the other New
York, II, 800 of the one and 5l5,042 of the
other North Carolina, 1907 of the one and
| 10000 of the other Pennsylvania, SIT
| of the one and AIS, IA of the other Rhode
Island, 1870 of the one and 1900 of the
other Vermont, 693 of the one and A.
3G6 of the other Virginia, $780, 600 availa-
BILE men Florida, 40 900 of the same class,
and Georgia, $4,000 unorganized Ala
| bama, l141 organized and Ia, 900 unorgan-
lied Kentucky, ISL of the first and 2lO,-
coo of the second Louisiana, 1867 of the
| first and 1873 436 of the second South
! Carolina 1861 of the first and $1,000 of
the second West Virginia, 465 of the
| first and $4,000 of the second Missouri.
1891 of the first and 100000 of the scond
In the following States the force is not
organized Arkansas, 10000 Missssip-
pi, 10000, and Tennessee 10000. In the
west and northwest the States are equip
ped as follows: California, 327l militia,
l3S, 466 available men Colorado, 1883 mill
tia and 40 POI available men Iowa, 2555
militia and 2O9,22S available men Kan
sas, 1912 militia and 2l2,359 available men
Minnesota, 1926 militia and $40 900 availa-
BILE men Nebraska, 54S militia and "a, 900
available men Nevada, 4S7 militia and
II ,542 available men, and Oregon, 1900
unorganlzed militia. In the territories
there are 3029 uniformed militia and lS7,
600 available men. In all there are
some SeUen millions of men capable of
bearing arms and doing military service.
With the present facilities of railway
transportation, an immense force could
be concentrated at any point, or distribut-
ed over any endangered frontier in a
week S time. Our inland cities would all
be secure from invasion and even the
coast cities might not be so wholly at the
mercy of II foreign fleet as some suppose.
On the whole, taking into account our
geographical isolation, this country has
no occasion TO be disturbed for tear OF
hostile invasion. This country is not like
ly to declare war against any foreign ma
ton II attacked it will probably be able
to show itself not wholly without means
of self-protection.
Hon. 5. 5. Cox is SO much better that ht
returned to his seat in the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes last week.
Mrs. Cleveland has kept strictly to hel
rule of never going out except to tn,
houses of members of the cabinet, and, az
they entertain very little, occasions OF
her appearance in Washington society
have been few and far between, She il
- improving this season in studying French